"Your point being that any situation as it evolves is best addressed by continued evolution through motion? Bandits won't strike your "caravan?" They will wait patiently until you arrive, right? And traveling statistically draws LESS attention. Which is why thieves and, special operationunits move in red clothing with sirens blazing only to surprise their "targets" when they get there. Ideals? This is not supposed to be a post for dissertations on ideals conjured up in your favorite Steven Segal flick. Have fun with it but be real. You truly believe with all of your knowledge and training that a "well secured base of operations" is subject to a bandit attack with less likelyhood of thwarting off an attack than your group in a pick up? Everyone so eager to "surrender" their "stuff" for your survival? "

"Every one will be taking what they need. Its just nuts that we can assume there will be no one messing up our plan. Murphy's law each time boys. Look at how long Stalingrad held. Look at how long Berlin held, Dunkirk, North Africa, even Iraq's "most fortified city." A siege can be thwarted, not always to a good outcome, but postponed, deflected, send someone else to mess with someone else. You have to stay put. People steal when poorly prepared, or have no choice. People who steal non essential items, tv's and electronics, they have no clue. "